Saw Hnit ( my, စောနှစ်, ; also spelled စောနစ်, , Saw Nit or Min Lulin; 1283–1325) was a

viceroy A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning "k ...

Pagan Paganism (from classical Latin ''pāgānus'' "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. ...

(Bagan) from 1297 to 1325 under the suzerain of

Myinsaing Kingdom , conventional_long_name = Myinsaing Kingdom , common_name = Myinsaing Kingdom , era = Warring states , status = Regency , event_pre = , date_pre = 1277–87 , event_start = , year_start ...

in central

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

(Myanmar). He was a son of the

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vassal king Kyawswa, and a grandson of

Narathihapate Narathihapate ( my, နရသီဟပတေ့, ; also Sithu IV of Pagan; 23 April 1238 – 1 July 1287) was the last king of the Pagan Empire who reigned from 1256 to 1287. The king is known in Burmese history as the "Taruk-Pyay Min" ("the King ...

, the last sovereign king of

Pagan dynasty The Kingdom of Pagan ( my, ပုဂံခေတ်, , ; also known as the Pagan Dynasty and the Pagan Empire; also the Bagan Dynasty or Bagan Empire) was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-da ...

. Saw Hnit succeeded as "king" after his father was forced to abdicate the throne by the three brothers of

Myinsaing Kyaukse District is a district of the Mandalay Region in central Myanmar. Townships The district contains the following townships: *Kyaukse Township *Sintgaing Township *Myittha Township Tada-U Township was promoted as Tada-U District Tada-U ( ...

in December 1297.Than Tun 1959: 119–120 The brothers put him on the throne, officially styled as the king of Pagan, but essentially their viceroy.Coedès 1968: 210-211 His authority amounted to the region around the Pagan city.Htin Aung 1967: 65–71 The viceroy gave his first audience on 8 May 1299. He raised his father's chief queen

Saw Thitmahti Pwa Saw of Thitmahti ( my, သစ်မထီး ဖွားစော, or ) was the chief queen consort of King Kyawswa, and of King Saw Hnit of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). The royal chronicles identify Saw Soe as the chief queen ...

as his own chief queen.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 257 Two days later, the three brothers executed his brother

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and his father Kyawswa. King Swa Saw Ke of Ava (r. 1367–1400) was a grandnephew of Saw Hnit.

Dates

Saw Hnit was a son of King Kyawswa. The table below lists the dates given by the four main chronicles.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 349

Ancestry

The following is the ancestry of Saw Hnit as reported by the ''

Hmannan Yazawin ''Hmannan Maha Yazawindawgyi'' ( my, မှန်နန်း မဟာ ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, ; commonly, ''Hmannan Yazawin''; known in English as the '' Glass Palace Chronicle'') is the first official chronicle of Konbaung ...

'' chronicle (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360, 402–403). He was descended from Pagan kings from both sides. His parents were second cousins, once removed.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 360

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